The Animation Block Halloween Special
Animation Block Party returns on October 29-30, 2021 with a Halloween treat featuring the world's best independent, professional and student animators.
Festival screenings are at BAM Film and the Saturday Night Party is at Union Hall!
Tickets are on sale at doors to screenings at BAM Film, located at 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, and you can buy individual tickets in advance at the BAM website!
Please vote for your festival favorites by tweeting your film choices to @animationblock or IG @animationblockparty or email ABP at info@animationblock.com
FRIDAY night program
october 29, 2021.
Animation Block Party opens with Night Terrors! An exclusive Friday night animated shorts program at BAM Film Brooklyn.
BAM Film is located at 30 Lafayette Ave Brooklyn, NY 11217.
Program 1 - 7:00pm
night terrors! (2021)
A devilish mix of award-winning animators, top student filmmakers and prolific international artists in this Halloween weekend launch event. Super loaded with ghouls, ghosts, zombies galore, and so much more. Includes filmmaker intro.
Animation Block Zombie Bumper (Ben Li / Los Angeles / 15 sec)
Doug Crane Tribute (1:30 min)
Moon River (Andrew Zimbelman / NY / 3:46 min)
My Friend, Ghost (Will Kim / California / 1:27 min)
Lone (Kiana Caines / SVA Animation / 6 min)
GRIFFURE (Julien Piau / France / 6:09 min)
Dice (Spencer Sherk / Brooklyn / 47 sec)
Vacuidad (Emptiness) (Eduardo Gallardo / Mexico / 9:13 min)
Z.O.I. (Rich Ragsdale / California / 2 min)
Brainless (Jack Quincey / Minnesota / 4:30 min)
Cautionary Tales for Wayward Children (Scott Farrell / NY / 1:36 min)
Mother Knows (Julia Chien / RISD / 6:40 min)
HYBRID (Steven Lapcevic / Ohio / 4:24 min)
Posted No Hunting (Alisa Stern / Brooklyn / 2:37 min)
8Bit Slammers (Taylor Armstrong / CA / 42 sec)
The Lava Log Ep 1: Dark Living Room (Kieran O’Hare / Brooklyn / 1:55 min)
Comin' to Life: A Zombee Gees Music Parody (Justin J Bowen / New Jersey / 3 min)
BS (Ben Meinhardt / Canada / 2 min)
Sink or Swim (Joey Ahlbum / NYC / 1:55 min)
NFT Loop (Rob Bohn / NY / 59 sec)
Skeeter’s Bad Trip (Celia Kaye / SVA Computer Art / 2:46 min)
Animation Block Zombie Outro (Adam Ansorge / New Jersey / 30 sec)
SATURDAY full program
october 30, 2021.
The Animation Block Halloween Special broadcasts from BAM Film Brooklyn all day on Saturday, October 30th with four exceptional programs. The Saturday matinee is a 2pm feature presentation of Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters At 4pm, there will be a Malt Adult and Hellavision Television Mashup. The 630pm program is Animation Blood Party. Closing the night at 8:30pm is Cartoons On Film: Halloween Haunts!
Party after BAM at Union Hall with Picture This animated comedy! Union Hall is located at 702 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
Program 2 - 2:00pm
daffy duck’s quackbusters (1988)
The gang from Looney Tunes makes a special Halloween appearance at Animation Block Party in this Saturday matinee! Quackbusters is inspired by the Hollywood hit Ghostbusters and is Mel Blanc's final theatrical production as a Looney Tunes voice legend.
Theatrical intro by Mike Hollingsworth, Executive Producer at Netflix Animation (BoJack, Tuca & Bertie, etc.) & Looney Tunes historical expert.
Program 3 - 4:00pm
malt adult and hellavision television mashup (2021)
A superb combination of animation talent from Malt Adult in Columbus, Ohio and the Hellavision Television Network in Minneapolis, MN.
Introduction Q&A with Sarah Schmidt and Ian Ballantyne of Malt Adult + Peter Steineck and Michael Van Swearingen of Hellavision!
The Hella spider and MadDog Pluto from Malt escort the viewer through a mash of cartoon mischief.
Cylinders Episode (condensed) from Hellavision Television
Malt Adult Shorts**
Cockpera (Kata Gugic)
The Wind (Miranda Javid)
God Sends a Sign (Felipe Di Poi Tamargo)
Blue Fear (Marie Jacotey & Lola Halifa-Legrand)
Black Square (Peter Burr)
Compositions for Understanding Relationships (David Delafuente)
*filmmakers in attendance
Program 4 - 6:30pm
animation blood party (2021)
The haunted show goes on with a bloody kaleidoscope of animated horror shorts, featuring scary world premieres, genre-based music videos and all the Halloween themed cartoon loops. Program includes filmmaker intro.
Don Duga Remembrance (1:30 min)
Terms of Surrender by Conditioner (Cady Buche & Travis Barron / Minnesota / 3:34)
Home Sweet Home (Elliot Lobell / Jersey City / 42 sec)
Big Mug (Cody Millett / Boston / 9 min)
…and cut (Rusty Eveland / Philadelphia / 23 sec)
No Symphonies by d00dbuffet (Willy Wonkers / NYC / 1 min)
Everyday Ghosts (Rory McBrady / SVA Animation / 6:20 min)
Evil Demon Puppers (Chelsea Manifold / NY / 36 sec)
A Birthday Surprise On Halloween (Zachary Hunsinger / Rhode Island / 1:52 min)
Boo Bop Loop (Alisa Stern / Brooklyn / 16 sec)
Devil's in the Details (Anna Owenson / Chapman University / 4:14 min)
Draculily (Miranda Jacoby / NY / 58 sec)
Between The Buried & Me, Fix The Error (Anthony Celano / CA / 5 min)
Re-Animal (Ruben Garcera / Spain / 13 min)
TRICHOTILLOMANIA! (Kelly Schiesswohl / Pratt / 4 min)
Port (Andrew Lehman / Pennsylvania / 1:30 min)
Face Recognition (Martinus Klemet / Estonia / 6:45 min)
The Candy Compromise (Alex Shammas / Georgia / 1 min)
Ghosts Caught On Camera (Abigail Brunzell / SVA Animation / 4:08 min)
Don’t Invite Wolfman to Tea (John T. Hill / Alabama / 57 sec)
Program 5 - 8:30pm
cartoons on film: halloween haunts!
Macabre silent and early sound cartoons that have been newly restored! See some of the creepiest and most suspenseful scenarios created by pioneer animators Max Fleischer, Walter Lantz, Ub Iwerks, and others. Includes live introduction by Tommy Stathes, creator of Cartoons On Film, film archivist and distributor.
The Haunted Hotel (J. Stuart Blackton / 5 min) 1907
Dinky Doodle in Just Spooks (Walter Lantz / 7 min) 1925
Koko Sees Spooks (Max Fleischer / 7 min) 1925
Mutt & Jeff in Slick Sleuths (Dick Huemer / 7 min) 1926
Pete's Haunted House (Walter Lantz / 7 min) 1926
Alice's Mysterious Mystery (Ub Iwerks / 7 min) 1926
Sure-Locked Homes (Otto Messmer / 8 min) 1928
The Witch's Cat (Kinex Studios / 3 min) 1929
The Fresh Lobster (unknown / 8 min) ca1920s
The Haunted Ship (Van Beuren Productions / 7 min) 1931
Skulls and Sculls (Otto Messmer / 7 min) 1930
Bold King Cole (Van Beuren Productions / 7 min) 1936
SATURDAY night at union hall***
The Animation Block Halloween Special presents Picture This at Union Hall, located at 702 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
Saturday, October 30th: The Animation Block Halloween Special presents Picture This!
Comedy: Ian Fidance, Jamie Loftus, Nick Naney, Clare O'Kane, Shalewa Sharpe & Jes Tom.
Animation: Jason Chatfield, Mike Hollingsworth, Jenny Fine, Christina Ogbotiti, Jamie Loftus & Bryan Brinkman.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/picture-this-live-animated-comedy-tickets-170082562523
Live animated comedy at Union Hall: 702 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
The 2021 award categories are Audience Award, Student Film, Minute Movie and Animated Loop (the #gifoween award).